Diane Fennig’s recent post about the importance of creating a digital signature prompted me to consider the ways in which our LinkedIn connections influence the way people perceive us. Do people with 500+ connections seem somehow more impressive than those with far fewer, or do we suspect that people with several hundred connections are indiscriminate when it comes to creating their networks? According to LinkedIn, it is best not to accept invitations from people we don’t know, but I regularly receive invitations from people I have never met before, and I’m betting they believe bigger is better when it comes to crafting on their online personas.
To read the original article: The Company We Keep - On Hiring - The Chronicle of Higher Education
